(TRANSLATION FOR REFERENCE ONLY)
May 17, 2024
For Immediate Release
Company name
Representative

Contact

Digital Garage, Inc.
Kaoru Hayashi
Representative Director,President, Executive Officer and Group CEO(Code: 4819 Prime Section of TSE)
Hiroyuki Nozaki
Corporate Officer, Deputy Head of Corporate Div.
(Tel: +81-3-6367-1111)(URL: https://ir.garage.co.jp/en/)

Notice of Changes in Organization and Personnel
At the Board of Directors meeting on May 17, 2024, Digital Garage Inc.("the Company") resolved to makeorganizational and personnel changes, effective as of June 1, 2024.
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Purpose and Summary
Based on the purpose "Designing 'New Context' for a sustainable society with technology", the Company
positions "DG FinTech Shift" as the Group's strategy.
The Company decided to make changes in its personnel and organization for the purpose of optimizing themanagement resource allocation under the strategy.

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Organizational Change
Given the progress of the new businesses and the expanding scope of internal and external events, publicrelations, creative works, and special assignments in Group CEO Division, the Company will reorganize thedivision for effective and efficient operation. Specifically, the division will be divided into business and nonbusiness divisions, with Corporate Development Division to be established for the business side and Group CEO
Division to function as the non-business side.
(1) Establishment of Corporate Development DivisionCorporate Development Division will be established as a new department responsible for overseeing theplanning, development, and promotion of each business, and the following reorganization will beimplemented.
-DG Lab, Retail Tech Business Department, Corporate Development Department, Web3 Business
Department, and Digital Health Business Department, which are responsible for planning,development, and promotion of each business, will be transferred from Group CEO Division toCorporate Development Division.

(2) Reorganization of Group CEO Division
Group CEO Division will be responsible for overseeing internal and external events, public relations,creative work, special assignments, and other non-business functions, and the following reorganization will
be implemented.
-Given the expansion of its roles, functions, and personnel as an organization responsible for creativework, internal and external event management, owned media, internal media, etc., CorporateCommunications Department will be reclassified as a Layer II organization, for the purpose of more
efficient organizational management and team formation in accordance with each role.

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Personnel Changes(1) Corporate Officer
Name

New Position

Current Position

Daisuke Tominaga

Corporate Officer
Head of Corporate Development Div., andHead of Corporate Development Dept.

Corporate Officer
Head of Group CEO Div., and Head ofCorporate Development Dept.

Name

New Position

Current Position

Nobuyuki Matsuda

Head of Group CEO Div., and Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff, Group CEO Div.

Yukinori Hidaka

Head of Corporate Communication Dept.,
Group CEO Div.

Head of Creative Dept., Group CEO Div.

Takuma Kawamoto

DG Lab COO, Corporate Development Div.

DG Lab COO, Group CEO Div.

Shigehiro Araki

Head of Retail Tech
Development Div.

Head of Retail Tech Dept., Group CEO Div.

Shunichi Kimuro

Head of web3 Business Dept., Corporate
Development Div.

Head f web3 Business Dept., Group CEO Div.

Yukiko Ohara

Head of Digital Health Business Dept.,
Corporate Development Div.

Head of Digital Health Business Dept., GroupCEO Div.

(2) Employees

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Dept.,

Effective Date
June 1, 2024

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